When Chu Ran returned to Zhaiyue Pavilion, he discovered that Li Xiuniang's son had not rested yet, but was sitting on the steps outside the main house.
"Why haven't you rested yet?" she asked as she walked into the house.
"Today is an important day for the young lady to participate in the selection. I have to guard my mother and cannot go to the scene to cheer for the young lady. I already feel very sorry for the young lady. How can I sleep if the young lady is not back?" the young man said with his eyes wide open.
Chu Ran glanced at his red cheeks.
Those were clearly marks caused by him slapping hard to ward off sleepiness.
"Silly." She threw a medicine bottle and threw it into the boy's arms: "Wipe it yourself."
The young man opened the cork of the bottle, and the rich aura of medicinal herbs hit his face.
He hurriedly wanted to follow in and return the medicine to Chu Ran, but the door was suddenly closed by a burst of spiritual power.
Her cold voice came from behind the door: "I am going to retreat tonight, please don't disturb me if you have nothing to do."
"Did you hear that? Don't disturb the lady. Since the lady gave it to you, you can use it. No matter how precious the thing is, it is nothing to my lady." Mercury took the initiative to take the medicine bottle and pulled him to sit down.
I helped him apply the medicine and told him how majestic Chu Ran was during the selection competition during the day.
inside the house.
Chu Ran put Xiaobai aside and went to the inner room to visit Li Xiuniang.
There was not much blood left on her head.
"In a few days, we can use acupuncture to force out the remaining blood stasis." Chu Ran murmured.
Once the blood stasis is cleared, Li Xiuniang will regain consciousness and will be just around the corner.
She bent down and pressed the quilt for the old man, then came to the main hall and selected among the trophies collected from the secret realm.
All these trophies were obtained from the storage bags of Chu Qianyun and others, including all kinds of spiritual pills, spiritual slips, and spiritual weapon arrays.
She picked an intermediate defensive array spirit slip, quickly activated the formation, and then took out the communication spirit slip. After giving a few instructions to Huo Debao, the shopkeeper of Rongwei Binghang, she took out the Star-Chasing Sword.
On the sword tassel, red light flashed.
A certain spirit fire has been lying on it for a whole day, and it is no less willing to give in than when it first saw the Xianyun Cauldron.
It is enough to show that the sword spike must be a treasure no less than the Xianyun Cauldron.
A look of determination appeared in Chu Ran's eyes, "Come back together."
"But I like it so much, Xiao Ran, please let me stay with it and don't separate us." It said pitifully, and the small ball of fire clung to the sword umbrella even more, wishing to merge with it.
One body.
Chu Ran: "..." Why do I have the illusion that I am beating a mandarin duck?
She smiled helplessly: "You can stay as long as you want when I unlock the seal."
"Really? Can you break this annoying seal?" Huo Tuan Tuan's whole group of fire lit up, "Xiao Umbrella, please wait for me. When Xiao Ranran lets you out, we will see you again."
After saying goodbye to the sword umbrella, it immediately turned into a ray of red light and flew into Chu Ran's eyebrows.
Chu Ran sat down cross-legged, with the Star Chaser Sword lying across her legs.
Green-white fingers gently grasped the palm-sized sword umbrella covered in red and white lines.
"Sealing Spirit Formation, haha, I haven't seen it for a long time."
The last time I saw it, there were cracks in the sealing circle in the Forest of the Dead. As the goddess of the Divine Palace, she ordered all the sects of the aristocratic families to go together to repair the seal.
After the repair was successful, in order to prevent problems with the seal from happening again, she discussed with Ji Wushuang, the head of the Ji family, to reinforce a spirit-sealing array outside the magic circle.
At that time, she witnessed Ji Wushuang drawing and forming the formation with her own eyes, and also asked her how to break the Spirit Sealing Formation.
Originally I just wanted to know whether the monsters in the Forest of the Dead would be at risk of breaking through the spirit-sealing formation, but I didn't expect that it would come in handy in a place like this.
Chu Ran slowly grasped the sword spike.
"Just let me see what you are!"
She closed her eyes suddenly, and the spiritual power in her body rotated rapidly, condensing into a sharp wave of air, rushing into the magic array pattern!
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In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.
In the early morning of this morning, the magic circle barrier covering Zhaiyue Pavilion suddenly made a loud bang, as if something had hit it hard.
"What's going on!" The young man hurried outside the main house.
I saw a powerful force penetrate the roof and hit the magic circle barrier at the top.
The barrier that could withstand spiritual attacks from Spirit Masters and below was suddenly knocked out of a crack!
And the crack is still expanding, spreading throughout the entire circle at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Oops! The magic circle is about to be broken! Hide quickly!" Mercury rushed to see this scene and said hurriedly.
The two ran out of the yard as fast as they could.
As soon as the person went out, there was an earth-shattering sound behind him.
The defensive array collapsed completely, and waves of spiritual energy exploded.
The entire General's Mansion was like a strong wind passing through, especially the area closest to Zhaiyue Pavilion. Trees collapsed, high walls were shattered, and it was a mess. Only the main house, shrouded in a magic circle, still stood firm.
"Oh my God! What the hell is going on?"
The guards in the mansion got up from the ground in embarrassment, feeling frightened and panicked.
"Go and report to the master!"
"But the master left early in the morning and is not at home."
"Then go find Madam!"
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The guard hurried to the courtyard where Chu Qianyun lived and told Zheng Jinhua, who was taking care of her, about the matter.
"Humph, such a big movement has nothing to do with that little bitch!" The last riot of heaven and earth spiritual energy was still fresh in his mind, so Zheng Jinhua was naturally the first to suspect Chu Ran.
But she didn't rush over as soon as she did in the past. Instead, she ordered: "Miss is recovering from a serious injury. I have to take care of her and have no time to care about anything else. Send a few people over to check out the situation and tell me after you find out more about it."
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However, none of the guards who received the order were willing to take on the task of inquiring.
Who still doesn’t know that Chu Ran has the cultivation of a spiritual master and defeated many with less, defeating Chu Yunyun and other seven famous geniuses in the imperial city?
Her reputation has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the guards. They really didn't dare to approach her, but they didn't dare to disobey their master's orders. In the end, the guards could only use guessing to pick out three unlucky ones.
Go to Zhaiyue Pavilion.
At this time, the main house of Zhaiyue Pavilion.
Chu Ran slowly stepped out of the house and took a quick look at the mess.
"It seems I accidentally went too far." She smiled bitterly.
"Miss." Mercury limped in from outside the yard, his body covered in dust and even his bun was messed up.
The cat-like face was full of fear: "What happened just now? How could the formation... Huh?"
Her eyes were attracted by the red umbrella held in Chu Ran's right hand.
The umbrella was not opened. The folded umbrella surface was as red as blood, and traces of snow-white dots like splashes of ink could be vaguely seen between the gaps.
The umbrella handle is deep red and crystal clear.
Under the morning light, it shone with a magnificent and bloody luster.
Just looking at it like this, you can feel a strong murderous aura!
It was as if a huge boulder was pressing on his chest, making Mercury a little breathless.
Seeing this, Chu Ran immediately put the umbrella back into the bracelet space.
The chilling murderous aura had just dissipated.
"It's okay." She held Mercury's hand and sent her spiritual power to relieve her discomfort.
Mercury finally regained his composure, and just as he was about to ask another question, he heard footsteps coming from outside the yard.
When I turned around, I saw three guards.
"Eldest...else..." The guards stood outside the yard, not daring to come in.
Chu Ran was a little surprised: "Why is it you?"
She thought it would be Chu Tian or Zheng Jinhua.
"The master went to register the little... Miss Qianyun for the competition. The madam is taking care of Miss Qianyun in the house and can't get away, so she sent the little ones to come over and take a look." The guards did not dare to hide it and answered honestly.
He kept his head down the whole time, not even having the courage to look directly at her.
"Participate?" Chu Ran was startled.
"This slave knows about this." Shuiyin hurriedly explained to her, "Yesterday the imperial court announced that it would fill up the other six seats for the Three Kingdoms Trial. In order to show fairness, the imperial court decided to rematch and hold another selection. The rules and the final game
As mentioned before the competition, all contestants will compete in the arena, and the six strongest people will be qualified to participate in the Three Kingdoms Trial."
"Miss Qianyun was injured by you before, but two days ago, the master and his wife spent a lot of money to go to the Rongwei Army to buy medicine from Mr. Qin, but I heard that Mr. Qin didn't want to pay for the expensive message.
I was willing to sell medicine to them. Because of this, my wife even asked the guards of the palace to go to the Rongwei Army to cause trouble, and they were beaten out by the soldiers in the end."
Shuiyin has not been idle these days. For Chu Ran, he has inquired clearly about all the major events that happened in the mansion and the imperial city.
"Later, the master and his wife had no choice but to go to the Medicine Pavilion to ask for medicine and bought a low-level healing elixir. With this elixir, they stabilized Miss Qianyun's injury. Until last night, the patient who had just recovered from the serious injury
The Young Master of the Cang family came to the house, and Miss Qianyun got some elixirs to heal her injuries. The master must have thought that Miss Qianyun's injury was getting better, so he thought of signing her up to participate in the competition."
Chu Ran was not surprised by this.
There are only six places for ten people. Whether it is the royal family or major aristocratic families, they will try their best to let their heirs get it.
However, it is difficult to convince the public by calling names directly to fill the seats. The only way to convince the people of the world is to play another game.
"How many days in the future will the competition be chosen?" Chu Ran asked.
"Scheduled for seven days later. How do you know, Miss, that the competition will not be held on these two days?" Mercury was puzzled.
She smiled slightly: "Of course it's because they need time to recover from their injuries and make adequate preparations before they can compete again."
In order for these geniuses to win the competition, the imperial court took great pains.